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    <text>Moldova's unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria extends its state of emergency for another month due to an energy crisis following the suspension of Russian gas supplies. </text>
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    <text>As announced, Russia's Gazprom halts its gas supplies both to Moldova and the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Republic alleging non-compliance with payment obligations. </text>
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      <text>The Parliament of Moldova votes in favor of declaring a 60-day national state of emergency beginning on 16 December due to Ukraine not renewing its transit contract with Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to Moldova. </text>
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    <text>The Parliament of Moldova votes in favor of declaring a 60-day national state of emergency beginning on December 16 due to Ukraine not renewing its transit contract with Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to Moldova. </text>
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    <text>Moldova orders the expulsion of 22 Russian diplomats by August 15. Several days earlier, a journalist investigation alleged that Russia installed satellite dishes and antennae on its embassy rooftop that could be used for spying. </text>
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      <text>Two people are killed after a man opens fire at Chișinău International Airport in Chișinău, Moldova. The perpetrator is injured and detained. </text>
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      <text>Two people are killed after a man opens fire at Chișinău International Airport, Moldova. The perpetrator is wounded and detained. </text>
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    <text>Two people are killed and another is injured after a man opens fire at the Chișinău International Airport in Chișinău, Moldova. The perpetrator is injured and detained. </text>
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    <text>More than 75,000 people gather in Chișinău to demonstrate in favor of Moldova joining the EU, following a call for a rally by President Maia Sandu in order to outdo anti-government and pro-Russian demonstrations organized by the opposition. </text>
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      <text>Russian President Vladimir Putin revokes a 2012 foreign policy decree which respects Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the political status of the breakaway Transnistria region. </text>
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    <text>Russian President Vladimir Putin revokes a 2012 foreign policy decree which underpinned Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the political status of the breakaway Transnistria region. </text>
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    <text>Moldova's Supreme Security Council convenes an emergency meeting after yesterday's attacks in the breakaway Transnistria. President Maia Sandu says that the attacks were aimed at &quot;destabilising the situation in the region&quot;, and also says that the military will improve combat readiness and increase patrols on the border with Transnistria. </text>
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      <text>The European Union accuses Russia of &quot;weaponizing&quot; gas prices to &quot;bully&quot; Moldova after negotiations between the two countries fail following the expiration of a Moldovan contract with Gazprom. Yesterday, the Kremlin denied the accusations. </text>
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    <text>The European Union accuses Russia of &quot;weaponizing&quot; gas prices in order to &quot;bully&quot; Moldova after negotiations between the two countries failed following the expiration of a Moldovan contract with Gazprom. The Kremlin denied the accusations. </text>
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    <text>Romania offers neighboring Moldova a $65 million (60 million euros) loan to help stave off economic collapse and keep the former Soviet Republic on a pro-European course, provided the Moldovan government implements major reforms. Government funds were needed to cover more than $1 billion that &quot;disappeared&quot; from three Moldovan banks in November 2014. In the frigid capital Chișinău, 15,000 people from both the pro-European and pro-Russian sides of the political divide, protested on Sunday against the current government and demanded new elections. Prime Minister Pavel Filip, who took office last week, is the country's sixth PM in a year. </text>
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    <day>31</day>
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  <text>The Moldovan foreign affairs ministry expels three Russian diplomats and declares them &quot;persona non grata&quot; after accusing the Russian embassy in Chișinău of helping a Moldovan pro-Russia parliament member escape to Transnistria. </text>
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